BROTHERLY LOVE: The Felice Brothers are a few years separated from the subway stations of NYC, but it's been all upward since they first emerged from the underground. The folk/country group from upstate NY has toured with Bright Eyes, Justin Townes Earle, and opened for DMB. Now signed with Fat Possum, the group released the evolved Celebration, Florida this year. They perform as part of the City Arts Festival. Also on the bill are Seattle singer/songwriter Shelby Earl and the ever impressive Grabriel Mintz. more ›

James Longley, documentarian, and local poet Heather McHugh, are the recipients of two of the MacArthur Foundation 2009 Fellows Program grants. more ›

To mark the centennial of Theodore Roethke’s birth, poets Linda Bierds, Andrew Feld, Richard Kenney, Colleen McElroy, Heather McHugh, and Pimone Triplett are gathering to read and talk about Roethke, who inspires that kind of devotion, whether you knew him personally or not. The Washington Center for the Book, Poetry Society of America, and University of Washington Creative Writing Program are throwing the party at the Seattle Public Library, in the Microsoft Auditorium. It's this Wednesday, from 7 to 8:30 p.m., and it's free. more ›